Sure. It kept everyone who was sick away from you!
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Well, I did notice that even on crowded commuter rail cars, I often had a bench to myself.
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I just saw this article suggesting that we shouldn’t be limiting our children’s exposure to peanuts at early ages. Contrary to the current practice and suggestions.
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What about microwaving a cutting board? Would this help at all in sanitation or sterilization? I know they recommend the microwaving of damp sponges to kill bacteria…
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I’ve done sponges I would think the wood should be water logged if possible
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That reminds me of the kids of the knacker man in the books by James Herriot, All creatures great and small for example
I have fake leather called FURNSOFT PU
Composition: 53% Polyurethane 32% Polyester 15% Cotton
Would you know if this an issue to laser cut too?
Pretty safe to cut - polyurethane is not like PVC 
I think some folks have posted settings and their experience cutting PU based “leather”.
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That is great news – thanks for answering so quickly.
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Cool! Thank you for sharing the settings!
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Sterilizing can be risky insofar as it gives a chance for opportunistic bad bacteria to take hold over the good/harmless bacteria. In a study of kitchen sponges, ones that were rinsed with soap and water and left to dry had a much safer balance of bacteria than those that were “sterilized” in microwaves or dishwashers.
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I know this is an old post, but I wanted to thank you for doing the leg work. I came on here today because my dad was asking about cutting some denim. Now I have a good place to start as far as not catching my forge on fire.
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Just wondering if you ended up using a PU leather or vinyl fabric in your glowforge and if so, at what settings? I have a 10 yard bolt of PU vinyl fabric I want to work with.
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@gussruss hasn’t been around for a couple of years, but the answer is a very tentative yes. IF your PU leather is not actually vinyl or PVC, then yes it works fairly well.
If you don’t know what it’s made of, or in your case, you know it’s made of vinyl - it’s not worth having it eat the inside of your machine!
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Welcome to the forum,.
If your material is vinyl, or if there is any chance that it has vinyl in it, don’t put it in the Glowforge. Cutting even small amounts of vinyl will ruin the machine and risk your health.
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Thanks! I’ll just continue to cut the vinyl parts by hand then and use the machine for the lining fabric.
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Gotcha thanks. I will go a different route!
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